----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: OT: Photojournalist equipment choice
>I was at a folk music festival yesterday, and saw a PJ taking crowd >shots > using a Canon 1Ds and a big lens (not sure what it was - some > investigating on my part could figure it out). > > My question is: why do newspapers use these expensive cameras for > prints > that simply end up on newsprint, which has poor resolution? Why use a > 11MP camera with expensive lenses (the whole unit costing in the > thousands > of dollars), when a much smaller, less expensive camera would provide > the > same results, given the nature of their use? > > I understand why someone shooting for National Geographic or some > other > higher quality print magazine would use a higher priced set up such as > a > 1Ds. But newsprint is such a terrible medium for such an expensive > piece > of electronics and optics! They use the stuff for more than shooting folk singers. That big lens and fast body will also find it's way onto the sidelines at a football game, where it will be an advantage, no matter what the end use. Newspapers do sell photos that they publish, BTW, so the end use of the image may not be the entertainment section. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
